Olaniwun Ajayi LP

March 6, 2026

Case Alert: The Supreme Court Clarifies the Jurisdictional Boundary Between Employment Disputes and Defamation Claims.

On 20 February 2026, the Supreme Court of Nigeria coram Justice Kekere-Ekun (CJN), Justice Iyang Okoro, Justice Helen Ogunwumiju, Justice Adamu Jauro, Justice Jummai Shankey, Justice Obande Ogbuinya and Justice...

February 19, 2026

Federal High Court Reaffirms The Unenforceability of Foreign Arbitral Awards Relating to Maritime Claims

The Federal High Court in PS Offshore Nigeria Ltd v. Miden Systems Nigeria Ltd & Anor. held that foreign arbitral awards arising from maritime contracts with a Nigerian connection are...

February 2, 2026

Federal High Court Reins in EFCC: Reaffirming the Statutory Authority of Tax Assessment Bodies in Amadeus Marketing Nigeria Ltd v. EFCC

The Statutory Body vested with the Powers to Assess Tax Liabilities of Entities and to make a Demand thereon: The Federal High Court affirms Judicial intolerance for EFCC’s regulatory Overreach...

December 19, 2025

Supreme Court Clarifies Limits of Emergency Powers in Rivers State Case – AG Adamawa State & Ors. v AG Federation & Anor.

Case Alert Supreme Court Strikes Out Multi-State Suit Challenging Rivers State Emergency Proclamation and Defines the Constitutional Parameters for Emergency Declarations and Temporary Suspension of Elected State Institutions under Nigerian...

November 17, 2025

Case Alert: Jurisdiction and Transfer of Cases: Has the Supreme Court Restored the Full Effect of Section 22(2) of the Federal High Court Act?

The Nigerian Supreme Court clarifies that where the Federal High Court wrongly assumes jurisdiction in an employment dispute, the appellate courts may transfer the matter to the National Industrial Court...

October 13, 2025

Federal High Court Orders Security for Costs under the New Admiralty Jurisdiction Procedure Rules, 2023

Olaniwun Ajayi LP is pleased to have successfully represented the Defendants in Virgin Forest Energy Ltd v. MT Josephine & Triber Energy Ltd, securing a landmark ruling on the application...

October 10, 2025

Emergency Powers and Suspension of Elected Officials: Federal High Court Resolves Challenge to Constitutionality in Belema Briggs v. President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria & Ors

The Federal High Court, Abuja Division, coram Omotosho, J. recently delivered judgment in an action challenging the constitutionality of the President’s proclamation of a state of emergency in Rivers State....

August 29, 2025

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From Limak to Champion: The Nigerian Court of Appeal Delivers a Fresh Brew on the Effect of NOTAP Registration in Arbitration Enforcement

The Nigerian Court of Appeal has handed down a decision that bears significantly on public-policy defences to the enforcement of arbitral awards, particularly on the enforcement of awards where the...

July 11, 2025

2nd Quarter 2025 developments in dispute resolution in Nigeria

Developments in Dispute Resolution – 2nd Quarter 2025

The second quarter of 2025 has seen courts, both domestic and international wrestle with critical questions of jurisdiction, legal identity, institutional accountability, and the limits of executive power. Building on...

June 24, 2025

Supreme Court Strikes Out 15 Year Old Appeal Over Incomplete Record

Supreme Court Strikes Out 15-Year-Old Appeal Over Incomplete Record – Dada V. Yandayi [2025] 8 NWLR (PT 1993) 517

Introduction On 19.07.2024, the Supreme Court of Nigeria (SC) delivered its judgment in an appeal filed by Bawa Dada, Ahmadu Dada and Umaru Dada (the Appellants) which arose from a...

March 6, 2026

Case Alert: The Supreme Court Clarifies the Jurisdictional Boundary Between Employment Disputes and Defamation Claims.

On 20 February 2026, the Supreme Court of Nigeria coram Justice Kekere-Ekun (CJN), Justice Iyang Okoro, Justice Helen Ogunwumiju, Justice Adamu Jauro, Justice Jummai Shankey, Justice Obande Ogbuinya and Justice...

February 19, 2026

Federal High Court Reaffirms The Unenforceability of Foreign Arbitral Awards Relating to Maritime Claims

The Federal High Court in PS Offshore Nigeria Ltd v. Miden Systems Nigeria Ltd & Anor. held that foreign arbitral awards arising from maritime contracts with a Nigerian connection are...

February 2, 2026

Federal High Court Reins in EFCC: Reaffirming the Statutory Authority of Tax Assessment Bodies in Amadeus Marketing Nigeria Ltd v. EFCC

The Statutory Body vested with the Powers to Assess Tax Liabilities of Entities and to make a Demand thereon: The Federal High Court affirms Judicial intolerance for EFCC’s regulatory Overreach...

December 19, 2025

Supreme Court Clarifies Limits of Emergency Powers in Rivers State Case – AG Adamawa State & Ors. v AG Federation & Anor.

Case Alert Supreme Court Strikes Out Multi-State Suit Challenging Rivers State Emergency Proclamation and Defines the Constitutional Parameters for Emergency Declarations and Temporary Suspension of Elected State Institutions under Nigerian...

November 17, 2025

Case Alert: Jurisdiction and Transfer of Cases: Has the Supreme Court Restored the Full Effect of Section 22(2) of the Federal High Court Act?

The Nigerian Supreme Court clarifies that where the Federal High Court wrongly assumes jurisdiction in an employment dispute, the appellate courts may transfer the matter to the National Industrial Court...

October 13, 2025

Federal High Court Orders Security for Costs under the New Admiralty Jurisdiction Procedure Rules, 2023

Olaniwun Ajayi LP is pleased to have successfully represented the Defendants in Virgin Forest Energy Ltd v. MT Josephine & Triber Energy Ltd, securing a landmark ruling on the application...

October 10, 2025

Emergency Powers and Suspension of Elected Officials: Federal High Court Resolves Challenge to Constitutionality in Belema Briggs v. President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria & Ors

The Federal High Court, Abuja Division, coram Omotosho, J. recently delivered judgment in an action challenging the constitutionality of the President’s proclamation of a state of emergency in Rivers State....

August 29, 2025

Effect-of-NOTAP-Registration-in-Arbitration-Enforcement

From Limak to Champion: The Nigerian Court of Appeal Delivers a Fresh Brew on the Effect of NOTAP Registration in Arbitration Enforcement

The Nigerian Court of Appeal has handed down a decision that bears significantly on public-policy defences to the enforcement of arbitral awards, particularly on the enforcement of awards where the...

July 11, 2025

2nd Quarter 2025 developments in dispute resolution in Nigeria

Developments in Dispute Resolution – 2nd Quarter 2025

The second quarter of 2025 has seen courts, both domestic and international wrestle with critical questions of jurisdiction, legal identity, institutional accountability, and the limits of executive power. Building on...

June 24, 2025

Supreme Court Strikes Out 15 Year Old Appeal Over Incomplete Record

Supreme Court Strikes Out 15-Year-Old Appeal Over Incomplete Record – Dada V. Yandayi [2025] 8 NWLR (PT 1993) 517

Introduction On 19.07.2024, the Supreme Court of Nigeria (SC) delivered its judgment in an appeal filed by Bawa Dada, Ahmadu Dada and Umaru Dada (the Appellants) which arose from a...